In the early days of the New England colonies, no more embarrassing or hampering condition, no greater temporal ill, could befall any adult Puritan than to be unmarried.
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You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the moment - a thing of the past - from what I can tell.
We are very puritan in America. We still hold true to these really antiquated values, this idea of the sanctity of marriage.
I was raised not so much in a puritan environment, but for the most part, a pretty healthy one.
American society is still puritanical.
But we're still in somewhat a Puritanical society in a lot of ways.
The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.
Honestly, because of the way women were treated, I wouldn't want to go back to Puritan times. I'm far too outspoken to be a woman in Puritan times.
Puritanism was a youthful, vigorous movement.
When you think about Puritanism, you must begin by getting rid of the slang term 'Puritanism' as applied to Victorian religious hypocrisy. This does not apply to seventeenth-century Puritanism.
I had a strong, really good upbringing, not puritanical.
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